The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-23
NORTH CAROLINA.
Change CT ScntimGnt--Sucinl and Political

Change CT sentimGnt--Sucinl and Political
Conditions.
Srtcla! Correspondence Of he Intelligaletr.
In the society and businces Of this com.
monwea!th, as elsewhere, all the great go.
cial and political queations are found
either in dormant or eruptive state.
While my observation only extenda over
brief period Of time, yet I have found
pleasure in the pursuit. OF short studiep
upon great subjects" "a B
Agriculture hero should perhaps be
made the frat great study. Everything
Indigenous to temperate and sub.tlopical
climate can be cultivated here profitably.
Cane, corn, cotton, wheat, oats, applse,
peachee, sweet potatoes-all that makes
glad the heat Of the farmer, grows to per.
lection on tho soil OF North Carolins. But
not being a farmer I have not appealed TO
" my judgment how to vote on the otock
law, what epeeial line OF crops I would
rotate, how l would truckle to the climate
to secure the highest results, and what
kind Of fertilizers should DO applied.
Other big subjects that might DO made
brief studies Of, are the tariff aud intornal
rsyenue-special and general taxation for
governmental purposes. The popular
tide seems to DO rising for protective
tariff, and ebbing Tor internal revenue
laws. ii g,yfs, IlrS b 8,
The liquor question 10 by no means
down, although the man that drinks Il
often ls. Prohibition cocks its ear toward
Georgia, and briotles up in defiance. S.
Still other questions OF paramount i'm.
portance are the negro in the govern.
ment and the colored man In tho com.
munity. These two questions taken to.
gether form the yexed and vexing negro
problem. For ahort study of the mig.
yah" problem, view with me tho negro AZ
a citizen, and at tho semo time as a mem.
Der Of society. AS a citizen he ia law.
abiding and respectful hore, whatever he
may DO elsewhere. Very many Of the
blacks in this section arc deeply religious
and have their souls washed and made
white in de blood Of de lamb" It ia not
to be wondered at that publicists rom
other sections Of the Union look with
aurpriae at the progress made by tho col.
ored people, Internationally, indust,iallv.
and generally. A war Of races is out Of
the question in the present social and DO.
liticai organization Of North Carolina, i Il
would require a race Of devils, black or
white, to precipitate such q war, The
tendency OF the times is to obliterato the
color line in recent elections, and substi.
tute the party line in its stead. 1.-THE
war Of black against white-has never
entered the brain OF the negro, 4 It il
neither in his wool nor his will. Tho
white people would never willingly be- a
party to such q conflict Of the races.
Aside from tho propensity to sip noun.
tain dew, there is no more upright, etur-
dy, law.,evering blood In the United
Stateo than that which courses thronph
Anglo.Saxon veins Of Walter Raleich'a
now proud commonwealth. = I
Z And yet the color line exists, and II ia
well. 1t Ia more marked to-day thnn in
the night OF slavery. LIST me speak plainly
Of amalgamation. 1t is prohibited by
statute, and forestalled by constitutional
operation OF law since the emancipation
Of the black cha.tel. Previous to emanci-
patton when the negro had no rights 10 be
before the law, and the Cauca.
,ian little OF no respecsability to lose by
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